Year 2016's last GG post

I refuse to believe that this year has come to an end...its just yesterday I started making plans for the new year.

Alas! I don't have the magical powers of stopping the clock...so let's move on and see what gift stitching I did since last post.

I have been feeling lost crafting wise...you see I have too many ideas in mind . I start with one idea and then end up not liking it. In this chaos, I have finished stitching some smalls which are being used for a new purpose as the old idea went poof.

First is this tiny card which I made and gave it to my friend E for her birthday .

The reason I'm posting this update on last day of the month is that I wanted the receipients to get the gifts I have been making all thru the year.Very happy to report that 2 gifts were hand delivered and 3 sent thru post while I was on vacation in India.
Now onto gifts received:
My mommy made me a knitted jacket;I received a beautiful package from Shami at my parents house after I left the place for catching my flight and a lovely pin cushion from a small handmade business owner as a thank you for a order.
Sorry I'm unable to add any pictures of the gifts received from my phone.I have struggled 2 hours to find out a solution to the problem with no success.
So I'm going to publish this post without the pictures of gifts received as I just cannot not post for GG. Come back for pics in a few days when I can access my computer.
Thank you for the gift of your friendship my friends , visiting my blog and leaving sweet comments .

Comments

Your trip is winding down. Hope it's been a good one. Sometimes it's nice just to do simple stitches. I've not been crocheting much either though. Gotta get back to work on all these wip's I've got going on around here. Happy almost new year. Tammhy

Happy new year. Sorry that u were not able to receive my gifts in your hands. This year I thought of making the small cross stitch chart patterns for cards. Thanks for being with me in my crafty journey till now.

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